seanbetts--steam-hardware-watch/status/evidence.jsonl

{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Steam Controller JPY is a real published WooCommerce product record in a held launch state.","evidence_type":"product_metadata","confidence":"high","ref":"https://komodostation.com/wp-json/wp/v2/product/413763","notes":"class_list includes product-type-simple, outofstock, product_tag-wishlist-only"}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-machine","claim":"Steam Machine JPY is a real published WooCommerce product record in the same held launch state as the controller.","evidence_type":"product_metadata","confidence":"high","ref":"https://komodostation.com/wp-json/wp/v2/product/413772","notes":"featured_media 413703; class_list matches controller state"}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-frame","claim":"Steam Frame JPY is a real published WooCommerce product record in the same held launch state as the controller.","evidence_type":"product_metadata","confidence":"high","ref":"https://komodostation.com/wp-json/wp/v2/product/413776","notes":"featured_media 413708; class_list matches controller state"}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Komodo published a fresh controller-only section and media rollout on 2026-04-24.","evidence_type":"sections_media_rollout","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean.betts/komodo_mining_2026-04-24/reports/findings.md","notes":"sections 433306, 433326, 433356, 433376, 433416, 433434, 433470, 433484"}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-machine,steam-frame","claim":"No matching fresh Machine or Frame section and media rollout was found in the same public Komodo backend paths.","evidence_type":"comparative_absence","confidence":"medium","ref":"/Users/sean.betts/komodo_mining_2026-04-24/api/sections-machine-browser.json","notes":"Machine only had older wishlist section 413808; Frame only had older wishlist section 413804"}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"steamdb","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"A hidden Steam Controller unboxing video asset exists and is the strongest late-stage public launch signal in the seeded baseline.","evidence_type":"hidden_media_app","confidence":"high","ref":"https://steamdb.info/app/4653940/","notes":"known internally as steam_controller_unboxing_2026 from prior research"}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"steamtracking","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Valve client assets already contain controller onboarding, firmware, puck, and pairing flows for the new controller ecosystem.","evidence_type":"client_strings","confidence":"medium","ref":"/tmp/SteamTracking-master/Protobufs/webuimessages_steaminput.proto","notes":"Triton, Puck, and pairing/OOBE flows present in seeded local dump"}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-24","source":"analysis","entity":"steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame","claim":"Current evidence supports a controller-ahead rollout more than a same-day three-product launch.","evidence_type":"cross_source_inference","confidence":"medium","ref":"/Users/sean.betts/.codex/skills/steam-hardware-watch/status/runs/2026-04-24.md","notes":"driven by controller-only Komodo rollout plus SteamDB unboxing signal"}
{"date_checked": "2026-04-26", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Official Steam Hardware store sale page is published and says the hardware family expands in early 2026.", "evidence_type": "official_store_page", "confidence": "high", "ref": "https://store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware", "notes": "Local artifact: /Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-26/api/valve/steam-hardware-root.html; event modified 2026-04-26T06:06:01Z; includes Controller, Machine, Frame and no exact price."}
{"date_checked": "2026-04-26", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Official Steam Controller sale page is published with a dedicated controller rollout page but no public price or exact date.", "evidence_type": "official_store_page", "confidence": "high", "ref": "https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller", "notes": "Local artifact: /Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-26/api/valve/steam-controller-store.html; event modified 2026-04-26T06:05:47Z."}
{"date_checked": "2026-04-26", "source": "steamdb", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "SteamDB currently lists Steam Controller app 4165870 as prerelease with store release date Coming soon.", "evidence_type": "steamdb_app_metadata", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "https://steamdb.info/app/4165870/", "notes": "Browser fetch succeeded; curl helper was blocked. SteamDB shows last record update 2026-04-07T22:07:16Z."}
{"date_checked": "2026-04-26", "source": "steamdb", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "SteamDB still shows steam_controller_unboxing_2026 as a released free video app with an available free-on-demand package.", "evidence_type": "hidden_media_app", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "https://steamdb.info/app/4653940/", "notes": "Browser fetch succeeded; app first seen 2026-04-20 and last record update 2026-04-21T22:16:14Z; package 1620489 lists No Price."}
{"date_checked": "2026-04-26", "source": "steamtracking", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Fresh SteamTracking checkout still contains Ibex dongles, Triton pairing, and controller OOBE strings.", "evidence_type": "client_strings", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-26/reports/steamtracking-pairing-focus.txt", "notes": "Includes ibex_internal, ibex_external, PairDongleTritonConnected, PairDongleTritonDocked, and ShouldTritonPairInOobe in service_steaminputmanager.proto."}
{"date_checked": "2026-04-26", "source": "komodo", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Komodo API access was restored after using a realistic browser user agent; product records remain last modified on 2026-04-24 and no newer Machine or Frame rollout was found.", "evidence_type": "api_recheck", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-26/reports/komodo-product-modified.tsv", "notes": "Root cause of earlier block was helper user-agent Mozilla/5.0 receiving HTTP 403; default curl and realistic Chrome/Safari UAs returned JSON."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-28","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Komodo moved the Steam Controller product record forward again while Machine and Frame remained on their 2026-04-24 modified timestamps.","evidence_type":"product_metadata_delta","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-28/reports/komodo-product-modified.tsv","notes":"Controller modified 2026-04-28T18:32:11; Machine 2026-04-24T14:32:54; Frame 2026-04-24T14:33:36."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-28","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Komodo added a new Controller specs section and updated the Controller spec-image section with two new AVIF media records.","evidence_type":"sections_media_rollout","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-28/reports/komodo-controller-sections.tsv","notes":"New section 433617 / 433487 modified 2026-04-27T09:41:01; section 433484 / 433473 modified 2026-04-28T19:05:51 with new media 433664 and 433679."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-28","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"The current Komodo visual asset set is fully retrieved and organized into the media-style library.","evidence_type":"asset_retrieval","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-28/assets/manifests/asset-library.json","notes":"130 discovered and 130 retrieved; library has 11 videos, 11 images, 3 logos, 3 poster frames, 42 thumbnails, and 60 variants, all classified as steam-controller."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-28","source":"valve-store","entity":"steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame","claim":"Official Valve store metadata changed again, including cleaner Steam Hardware submenu URLs under /hardware while still showing only broad 2026 timing.","evidence_type":"official_store_metadata","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-28/api/valve/steam-hardware-root.html","notes":"Steam Hardware event modified 2026-04-28T10:09:22Z; Controller event modified 2026-04-28T18:31:12Z; no price, preorder date, or exact launch date found."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-30","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Komodo moved the Steam Controller product closer to a sale state by removing the wishlist-only tag and adding the purchasable class while keeping it out of stock.","evidence_type":"product_metadata_delta","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-30/api/komodo/product-controller-jpy.json","notes":"Controller modified 2026-04-29T12:04:19; class_list removed product_tag-wishlist-only, added purchasable, and retained outofstock; product_tag changed from 112,113 to 112."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-30","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-machine,steam-frame","claim":"Komodo Machine and Frame products did not receive the Controller sale-state change in this run.","evidence_type":"comparative_absence","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-30/reports/komodo-product-modified.tsv","notes":"Machine and Frame remain modified 2026-04-24, still carry product_tag-wishlist-only and outofstock, and do not have purchasable."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-30","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Komodo changed the Steam Controller featured media to a newly saved ControllerFront.webp image.","evidence_type":"featured_media_delta","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-30/api/komodo/media-featured-controller-433684.json","notes":"Featured media changed from 413713 to 433684; media 433684 is ControllerFront.webp, modified 2026-04-28T19:15:27; asset library now includes the original plus generated sizes."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-30","source":"komodo","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"Komodo updated two Controller sections, but their attached media records did not change.","evidence_type":"section_metadata_delta","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-30/reports/komodo-controller-sections.tsv","notes":"Section 433356 steam-controller-04-features modified 2026-04-29T11:51:27; section 433484/433473 modified 2026-04-29T10:26:38; associated media timestamps and IDs were unchanged."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-30","source":"valve-store","entity":"steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame","claim":"Official Valve store metadata moved again while still exposing no public price or exact launch date.","evidence_type":"official_store_metadata","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-30/api/valve/steam-controller-store.html","notes":"Steam Hardware event modified 2026-04-30T05:57:08Z; Steam Controller event modified 2026-04-30T05:57:04Z; controller announcement updated 2026-04-29T20:58:49Z and contains sections including Availability Callout, Purchase Section, Notify me, Komodo, and Tech Specs."}
{"date_checked":"2026-04-30","source":"steamdb","entity":"steam-controller","claim":"SteamDB helper access remained blocked by challenge pages, so no fresh SteamDB metadata was collected in this automated run.","evidence_type":"blocked_fetch","confidence":"high","ref":"/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-04-30/reports/steamdb-errors.txt","notes":"Blocked for app 4165870, app 4165870 history, app 4653940, and package 1620489; blocked-page detection prevented challenge HTML from being treated as evidence."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-01", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Official Valve appdetails now confirm Steam Controller price and package.", "evidence_type": "official_store_api", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-01/api/valve/appdetails-4165870-us.json", "notes": "App 4165870 type hardware; price_overview final_formatted $99.00; package 1558609; package group option text Steam Controller - $99.00."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-01", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Official Valve store metadata confirms Steam Controller purchase availability on May 4, 2026 at 10AM Pacific.", "evidence_type": "official_store_metadata", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-01/api/valve/steam-controller-store.html", "notes": "Availability Callout says Available for purchase May 4th, 10AM Pacific; purchase section points to reservation package 1558609; controller event modified 2026-05-01T01:16:01Z."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-01", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Official Valve package details confirm Steam Controller package 1558609 at USD 99.00 with release date May 4, 2026.", "evidence_type": "official_store_api", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-01/api/valve/packagedetails-1558609-us.json", "notes": "Package price final 9900 cents USD; release_date coming_soon false, date May 4, 2026."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-01", "source": "nbd-customs", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "NBD public customs data shows a Valve import row dated 2026-04-04 for WIRELESS PC CONTROLLER from Hong Kong.", "evidence_type": "customs_import_record", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-01/api/nbd/valve-corporation.html", "notes": "NBD Company Number NBDD3Y527621220; latest trade data 2026-04-04; public row country HONG KONG (CHINA), masked counterparty C***D.; embedded payload reports April 2026 import weight 12970; free view masks detailed shipment fields."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-01", "source": "importgenius-customs", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "ImportGenius lists an April 23, 2026 Ingram Micro C/O Valve Corporation shipment from Tech-Front Chongqing described as GAME CONSOLE.", "evidence_type": "customs_import_record", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-01/api/importgenius/ingram-micro-c-o-valve-corporation-reader.md", "notes": "Arrival 2026-04-23; BOL SNHBSHACHI264010; importer INGRAM MICRO C/O VALVE CORPORATION; supplier TECH-FRONT (CHONGQING) COMPUTER CO; product GAME CONSOLE .; 42 PKG; 12608 Kgs; container GAOU6922627; package marks include VALVE USA P/NO. references; does not identify which Valve hardware product."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-01", "source": "nbd-customs", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "NBD rendered buyer searches for Valve Corporation and Ingram Micro include a masked April 23, 2026 GAME CONSOLE row.", "evidence_type": "customs_search_result", "confidence": "low", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-01/api/nbd/search-buyers-valve-corporation-rendered.txt", "notes": "Corroborates the April 23 row at a masked search-result level; NBD buyer search also returns unrelated valve-parts rows, so use this as corroboration only."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-02", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Official Valve APIs still confirm Steam Controller package 1558609 at USD 99.00 with release date May 4, 2026.", "evidence_type": "official_store_api_recheck", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-02/api/valve/appdetails-4165870-us.json", "notes": "Appdetails price_overview.final_formatted remains $99.00 and package list remains 1558609; packagedetails final price remains 9900 cents USD with release_date date May 4, 2026."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-02", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Official Valve store metadata moved again, but only Steam Controller has exact purchase timing and a purchase package.", "evidence_type": "official_store_metadata_delta", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-02/api/valve/steam-controller-store.html", "notes": "Controller page still contains Available for purchase May 4th, 10AM Pacific and package 1558609; Controller event modified 2026-05-01T23:18:58Z; Steam Hardware root event modified 2026-05-01T22:43:47Z; no comparable Machine or Frame price/timing found."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-02", "source": "komodo", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Komodo still separates Controller readiness from Machine and Frame dormancy.", "evidence_type": "product_metadata_recheck", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-02/reports/komodo-product-modified.tsv", "notes": "Controller modified 2026-04-30T19:14:10 and remains purchasable/outofstock without product_tag-wishlist-only; Machine and Frame remain modified 2026-04-24, outofstock, product_tag-wishlist-only, and not purchasable."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-02", "source": "steamdb", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "SteamDB helper access remained blocked by challenge pages in the automated May 2 run.", "evidence_type": "blocked_fetch", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-02/reports/steamdb-errors.txt", "notes": "Blocked for app 4165870, app 4165870 history, app 4653940, and package 1620489; no fresh SteamDB metadata was collected."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-04", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Official Valve metadata moved on launch day while only Steam Controller still has a confirmed purchase package, price, and release date.", "evidence_type": "official_store_metadata_delta", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-04/api/valve/steam-controller-store.html", "notes": "Steam Controller event modified 2026-05-04T18:27:52Z; Steam Hardware root modified 2026-05-04T18:27:56Z; appdetails and packagedetails still confirm package 1558609, USD $99.00, release date May 4, 2026; Machine and Frame still lack comparable price or exact timing."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-04", "source": "steamtracking", "entity": "steam-controller", "claim": "Fresh SteamTracking checkout shows the Triton/Ibex pairing API surface in the Steam Android APK string dump as well as existing proto and web UI surfaces.", "evidence_type": "client_strings", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-04/reports/steamtracking-pairing-focus.txt", "notes": "Random/SteamApkStrings.txt now includes CSteamInputService_PairDongleTritonConnected, PairDongleTritonDocked, ShouldTritonPairInOobe, UnpairedTritonDocked, UnpairedTritonPluggedIn, ibex_internal, and ibex_external. This broadens client-surface evidence but does not change price or release-date confidence."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-04", "source": "steamos-mirror", "entity": "steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "First default SteamOS package mirror pass did not expose direct Machine or Frame codename/package evidence.", "evidence_type": "package_mirror_baseline", "confidence": "medium", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-04/reports/steamos-mirror-packages.tsv", "notes": "Default holo-3.8, holo-main, jupiter-3.8, and jupiter-main pass produced 758 package rows with no errors. No Fremont, Deckard, Roy, Steam Frame, Steam Machine, ARM/Snapdragon, or new product-specific top-level repo namespace appeared; notable hits were Deck/Jupiter-adjacent foxnet, linux-firmware-neptune, and plasma-remotecontrollers."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-10", "source": "valve-store", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "Valve Store APIs confirm Steam Controller remains public with package 1558609 and USD 99.00 while Steam Machine and Steam Frame apps remain coming soon with no public packages or price.", "evidence_type": "official_store_api_recheck", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-10/reports/valve-reservation-packages.tsv", "notes": "appdetails: Controller public with packages=1558609 and package_groups=1; Frame 4165890 and Machine 4165910 public app metadata but package_groups=0, no packages, no price; Machine packages 1629446/1629447/1629458/1629460 and Frame packages 1629484/1629486 still packagedetails success:false."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-10", "source": "steamdb", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "SteamDB reservation package monitor is now part of the baseline, but automated and browser-fallback fetches were blocked for all watched package pages.", "evidence_type": "blocked_fetch", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-10/reports/steamdb-reservation-packages.tsv", "notes": "Watched package IDs: 1558609, 1629446, 1629447, 1629458, 1629460, 1629484, 1629486. All rows are missing_or_blocked after SteamDB challenge pages, so a manual trusted browser pass is still needed for Last Record Update/changenumber baseline."}
{"date_checked": "2026-05-11", "source": "steamkit-pics", "entity": "steam-controller,steam-machine,steam-frame", "claim": "SteamKit/PICS now provides a direct baseline changenumber snapshot for watched Valve hardware apps and reservation packages.", "evidence_type": "steam_product_info_baseline", "confidence": "high", "ref": "/Users/sean/Coding/steam-hardware-watch/runs/2026-05-11/reports/steamkit-pics-packages.tsv", "notes": "Controller app 4165870 changenumber 35731145; Frame app 4165890 and Machine app 4165910 changenumber 35675573; Controller package 1558609 changenumber 35745078; Machine packages 1629446/1629447/1629458/1629460 changenumber 35672615; Frame packages 1629484/1629486 changenumber 35672606. Machine and Frame rows require private PICS metadata tokens but visible changenumbers are enough for movement monitoring."}